Oooh sometimes in my dairy-free, wheat-free – mostly sugar-free life – I allow myself a wee treat or two. This week I found two ‘naughty’ items at my local organic grocer that sparked my imagination – a Halloween Hot Chocolate Recipe!
First, presto-ready coconut whipped cream in a can – at the push of a nozzle!:
Secondly, natural pumpkin-spice marshmallows:
So I decided to make this scrumptious Halloween Hot Chocolate:
Halloween Hot Chocolate Recipe – Dairy-Free, Reduced Sugar
Heat a mug’s worth of your choice of almond, coconut, cashew, hemp milk etc. in a small saucepan
Whisk in about a teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder:
Then sweeten with a tiny spoonful of KAL Stevia:
And if I want to mask the stevia taste, I add about this much non-GMO Xylitol:
Drop a few marshmallows in the mug (to support the whipped coconut cream):
Lastly, top with the whip cream, some shaved chocolate and a few more marshmallows:
And YES. This really does taste as good as it looks!
The marshmallows and the coconut whipped cream both contain sugar, but by using stevia/xylitol to sweeten the hot chocolate, we do avoid a considerable amount (versus a ‘normal’ hot chocolate).
My favorite of hot chocolate are made of
– rice milk (which is naturally sweet enough)
– coconut oil
– unsweetened cacao,
– pinch cinnamon
– sunwarrior chocolate rise protein.
mix it in a blender and enjoy – without any guilty consciences! 🙂
Great recipe Claire! Thank you for sharing!
Kind Regards,
Rachel
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I recently read an article that pretty much all plant-based protein powders contain high levels of arsenic and heavy metals (Consumer Reports). In your book you recommend vegans supplement with hemp protein powder, but I don’t see it as a safe alternative. Would love your thoughts.
Xylitol is a neurotoxin.
OMG! This looks amazing! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
Thank-you for this great recipe! Soooo much healthier than ANYTHING out there that it seems everyone is drinking. Some of the stuff that people I work with put in their bodies makes me cringe! No wonder most of the lunch conversation revolves around Dr. visits, miserable chronic conditions, and surgery. You site is a haven of sanity and true health! Thanks!